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The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

106 reviews

cecilie26's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

It’s a really nerdy(in the good kind of way) and totally loveable. If you want a sweet but kind enemies to Lovers Vibe but not quite enemies either, but something in between? This is the book. It has the sunny and broody romance. 
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wackzo's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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what_karla_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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carina_dreamer's review against another edition

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funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

• Está foi a leitura de Janeiro em conjunto com a Bestie e eu estava desejosa de o ler porque:
1 - favorito da comunidade em qualquer plataforma
2 - o facto da Olive ser demisexual.
Este último ponto foi sem dúvida o que mais me motivou.

• Depois dos meus 25 anos comecei a ponderar muito sobre mim mesma, romântica e sexualmente 🤔
Ao ler os excertos deste livro, sobre como a Olive se sentia em termos de atração por terceiros e da sua falta de sentimentos pelo Jeremy, senti pela primeira vez que lia algo com o que me identificava e foi fantástico debater isso com a Bestie ☺️

• Estava tão fascinada por essa conexão com a Olive que depois meio que me atrapalhei quando se deu o picante e na minha cabeça nenhum recetor "spicy time" se acendeu e fiquei desconfortável. (I have yet to find an Adam to snap that on me...) Mas a cena não foi má, quando ele levou a mão dela... 🤭

• Ironicamente, eu peguei neste livro pela Olive, mas não gostei dela 😅
Em rom-coms as protagonistas que detesto são aquelas que parecem umas baratas tontas afligidas. Falsos-namoros implicam mentiras, mas a Olive foi acumulando uma bola de neve delas. Miscommunication é uma trope que detesto e tantos monólogos na cabeça dela que podiam resolver tudo nunca foram ditos! Para uns cientistas, os dois faziam muitas suposições erradas um sobre o outro 🙄

• Gostei dos encontros para café e quando a Olive resolveu os seus problemas 💪

• O Adam não se tornou um book boyfriend para mim e acho que foi por aquela primeira impressão de que as suas palavras ponderadas pareciam estar a manipular a Olive, porque eu já sabia que ele estava apaixonado e ela também mudava de opinião mal ele dizia algo...
Claro que depois gostei de como ele era atencioso à sua própria maneira e respeitava a Olive sempre.
Quando ele começou a dizer gracinhas é que conquistou, porque homem calado e sem hobbies parecia ter falta de personalidade 😂

• Os amigos dos dois eram um pouco "too much" às vezes, mas ajudaram muito.

Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟
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slayharrie28's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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daringreader13's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Hypothesis- because this is Star Wars fanfic I will hate it. 😅 Too bad the test results proved that hypothesis to be absolutely false. 

And now I read everything she’s written before her book event in a couple weeks.

Also I did in fact read this in one sitting. Which wow. I need to read it again already.
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lmy612's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A fantastic fauxmance! Adam is dark and brooding but also protective and caring. A swoon worthy read for anyone who likes smart people and some spice. 
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sydfitch's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The book was good, but everything plot wise was very predictable. The smutty part was good, but (i cant make this up) wasnt until 69% into the audiobook. It was a fun listen but i wouldn’t say it was one that made you think. A fluffy fun book. 
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diana_raquel's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

“I'm starting to wonder if this is what being in love is. Being okay with ripping yourself to shreds, so the other person can stay whole.”

I must confess that I was reticent about this book. Not because it used to be star wars fanfiction (I only discover that after buying the book) but because it is a popular book. Popular books are 50/50 to me, and I'm always reticent about starting one.  But I really liked it. 

As far as romances go, this isn't the best romance that I ever read. But it's damn entertaining and I was engaged all the time. And that makes all the difference to me. It's a little cliché at some points but there are some plot points that caught me by surprise. The characters are interesting and funny, which was also a good point for me! 

So, I really liked this book, and I do recommend it if you want something light and entertaining. Its a really good beach read. 
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cstein's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A sweet, laugh out loud, overall pretty perfect romance novel, with a unique and convincing setting, plenty of relatable observations about academia, and numerous winks to the reader. Also I liked the hypotheses at the start of each chapter giving a lil preview. Can't give 5 stars only because I wasn't always convinced by the dialogue—LOTS of discussing Starbucks drinks and some clumsy terms of endearment.
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